Michael Fabrizio is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst who received his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Master's Degree in Educational Psychology/Applied Behavior Analysis from West Virginia University. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the University of Washington's Department of Special Education where he is specializing in behavior analysis, instructional design, autism, and technical communication. He has worked with children with disabilities throughout his more than fifteen-year career, serving as a Senior Educational Specialist for the West Virginia Autism Training Center at Marshall University, an autism Program Specialist for the Spectrum Center for Educational and Behavioral Development in Berkeley, California, Head Teacher for Morningside Academy, a private school for children with learning differences, and later as the Lead Trainer in Morningside's Public School Improvement Project.

Michael resides in Seattle, Washington where he serves as a partner and Clinical Services Supervisor within the Organization for Research and Learning (O.R.L.) a behavior analytic private practice that works with learners with autism, and as the Clinical Services Director Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT) of Washington. He is also an adjunct professor of behavior analysis in the University of North Texas Department of Behavior Analysis, an adjunct professor in the Applied Behavior Analysis master's degree program at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and the past president of the Standard Celeration Society, a special interest group within the Association for Behavior Analysis. Michael serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration and the Journal of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention, and has served as a guest reviewer for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Michael has presented more than 100 data-based papers related to his clinical work with children with autism and other disabilities at a range of state, regional, and national professional conferences including the Autism Society of America, the West Coast Special Education Conference, the Association for Behavior Analysis, the Association for the Severely Handicapped, the Association for Science in Autism Treatment, and the International Precision Teaching Conference. Michael has published his work in such professional journals as the Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration, the Behavior Analysis Digest, the European Journal of Behavior Analysis, the Behavior Analyst Today, and the Journal of Speech Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis. For a list of Michael's publications, please click here.

Michael is a Supporting Member of both the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and the Association for Behavior Analysis, and a Sustaining Member of the Standard Celeration Society. He received the 2000 New Contributor's Award presented by the Standard Celeration Society for his applied research work, and serves as a member of the scientific advisory council for the Organization for Autism Research.

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